Nnamdi Are You Happy EP

Pop Matters said that "Nnamdï's sounds are a testament tothe continual melting away of genre distinctions in thecurrent era of (particularly Black) music." His extensivecatalog includes covers significant ground in hip-hop, pop,rock, punk, orchestral, and experimental music. In 2021,NNAMDI expanded his freewheeling sonic explorations for anentrée into the world of pop-infused dance and electronicawith the release of the Are You Happy EP on November 12,2021.Notably, Are You Happy is the only NNAMDI project to datethat he did not produce, perform, and record by himself. Tothe surprise of his fans, NNAMDI bucked that self-imposedprecedent to work with Chicago producer Lynyn. Lynyn is thealias of composer Conor Mackey, NNAMDI's longtimebandmate in the jazz-fusion quintet Monobody. Are YouHappy released shortly before Lynyn's 2022 debut electronicLP lexicon (Sooper Records), which went on to garnersignificant acclaim. DJ Magazine said that "lexicon is likely toset him apart as one of IDM's next visionaries".